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# MCP Docs.rs Server Feature Recommendations
## 2. Dependency Tree Visualization
- **Dependencies**: Show all dependencies of a crate with version info
- **Reverse Deps**: Display which crates depend on the current one
- **Features**: Include version constraints and feature flags
- **Use Case**: Understanding project dependencies and impact
## 3. Source Code Browsing
- **Code Fetching**: Fetch and display source code for specific functions/types
- **External Links**: Link to source on GitHub/GitLab when available
- **Implementation**: Show implementation details alongside documentation
- **Use Case**: Deep diving into how functions work
## 4. Examples and Usage Patterns
- **Extract Examples**: Extract and display code examples from documentation
- **Popular Usage**: Show common usage patterns from popular projects
- **Working Examples**: Provide runnable examples for functions/methods
- **Use Case**: Learning by example
## 5. Feature Flag Documentation
- **List Features**: List all available feature flags for a crate
- **Gated Items**: Show which items are behind specific features
- **Dependencies**: Display feature dependencies and conflicts
- **Use Case**: Understanding optional functionality
## 6. Version Comparison
- **API Changes**: Compare API changes between versions
- **Breaking Changes**: Highlight breaking changes with migration guides
- **Changelog**: Integration with changelog/release notes
- **Use Case**: Upgrading dependencies safely
## 7. Smart Caching Improvements
- **Pre-fetching**: Pre-fetch commonly used crates
- **Background Refresh**: Update stale cache entries automatically
- **Compression**: Cache compression to store more data
- **Export/Import**: Save cache for offline use
- **Use Case**: Better performance and offline capability
## 8. Search Within Documentation
- **Full-text Search**: Search across all cached documentation
- **Type Signatures**: Search by type signatures or trait implementations
- **Return Types**: Find all methods returning specific types
- **Use Case**: Finding specific functionality
## 9. Type Relationship Explorer
- **Trait Implementations**: Show all traits implemented by a type
- **Type Hierarchy**: Display inheritance and type relationships
- **Trait Implementors**: Find all types implementing a trait
- **Use Case**: Understanding type system relationships
## 10. Documentation Quality Metrics
- **Coverage**: Show documentation coverage percentage
- **Missing Docs**: Highlight undocumented public APIs
- **Quality Rating**: Rate docs by examples, clarity, completeness
- **Use Case**: Improving documentation quality
## 11. Cross-Reference Navigator
- **Related Items**: Link between related types and functions
- **Usage Examples**: Show where items are used in examples
- **Re-exports**: Navigate through re-exports and aliases
- **Use Case**: Understanding code relationships
## 12. Batch Operations
- **Multiple Crates**: Fetch docs for multiple crates at once
- **Export Formats**: Export to markdown/HTML/PDF
- **Summaries**: Generate documentation summaries
- **Use Case**: Documentation generation for projects
## 13. Platform-Specific Documentation
- **Platform Filter**: Filter docs by target platform
- **Platform Implementations**: Show platform-specific code
- **Compatibility**: Highlight platform compatibility issues
- **Use Case**: Cross-platform development
## 14. Integration with Rust Analyzer
- **Hover Docs**: Provide hover documentation in IDEs
- **Quick Fixes**: Suggestions based on documentation
- **Auto-imports**: Import suggestions with context
- **Use Case**: Better IDE integration
## 15. Performance Profiling Hints
- **Performance Info**: Show performance characteristics
- **Important Attributes**: Highlight `#[must_use]` and others
- **Complexity**: Display complexity annotations (O(n), etc.)
- **Use Case**: Writing performant code
## Implementation Priority
1. **High Priority**: Fuzzy Search, Source Code Browsing, Examples
2. **Medium Priority**: Dependencies, Version Comparison, Feature Flags
3. **Low Priority**: Platform-specific, Performance hints, Quality metrics